Android - Get keyboard key press

Question

I want to catch the press of any key of the softkeyboard. I don\'t want a EditView or TextView in my Activity, the event must be handled from a extended View inside my Activ

Answer 1

For handling hardware keys and Back key you could use dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) in your Activity

@Override
public boolean dispatchKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
    Log.i("key pressed", String.valueOf(event.getKeyCode()));
    return super.dispatchKeyEvent(event);
}

UPD: unfortunately you can't handle soft keyboard events (see Handle single key events), unless you develop your own custom keyboard (follow the link to learn how Creating input method).